Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1961. House. 3 related planning applications.
Old School House
- WRENN ID
- lost-rafter-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old School House, High Street, Wickwar, GL12 8NE
- OS grid reference
- ST 723 886
- Coordinates
- 51.59571, -2.40083
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old School House is a grammar school that has been converted into a house, dated "Free School 1684". The building is rendered and features a slate roof with a rendered stack that has a moulded cornice, along with moulded and coved eaves cornice. It is designed in a plain late 17th century classical style and has a U-plan layout. The structure is two storeys high, with a basement and attics accessed through hipped dormers. The façade consists of two outer bays that are advanced as wings, each topped with hipped roofs. It has glazing bar sash windows and one leaded cross window on the south elevation. There is a single-storey early 19th century extension that fills the space between the wings, featuring a coped parapet with ball finials, French windows, and a recut date plaque above. Inside, there is a dog-leg staircase with winders, a closed moulded string, and turned balusters.
Local climate
Old School House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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